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Gaijin flowership scaled one in three thousand by tato_713
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This is my interpretation of how they look like the spaceships present in the Stephen Baxter's novel Manifold: Space. I haven't test this yet, so I don't know if the flower part is printable; I generated the gcode (with support) and it seems so.
I could not find any artwork of the book, a fan art nor even a drawing of them, so this is comes out entirely from my imagination. I followed these description from the book:
It looks like a flower, also vaguely resembles a squid.
It has a “bulky main section, a smoothly curved cylinder with a mess of silvery ropes trailing behind”.
The “petals” can be folded.
It is about a kilometer long.
It passes through the Saddle Point portals, that are 30 to 50 meters diameter. That’s quiet puzzling since it must be 25 times larger than wider to pass through the portals, I guess it could do this folding its "petals", narrowing itself into a stick shape.
In the book these ships belong to the Gaijin, a robotic alien race that were dicovered lurking in the Main Asteroid Belt in the year 2020 (the book is from the 2000's so we are in the future then). They are meant to serve as interplanetary transport using Bussard ramjet technology, a theoretical free propeller engine that works as a giant magnetic funnel, that compresses and fuses interplanetary hydrogen. Another hard sci-fi novel that turns around this propulsion system is Tau Zero.
I spend part of my time making these models, letting them available and free for everyone. If you want to support my work, you can contribute with me here:
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Object
Scale [1:x]
K = 103 (thousand)M = 106 (million)G = 109 (billion)
Image
Inner planets and moons
Mercury
60M,
120M
Venus
60M,
120M,
250M
Earth
60M,
120M,
250M
Luna
20M,
60M
Mars
60M,
120M
Phobos and Deimos
200K,
500K
Artificial
Salyut 7
40, 48, 80, 160
Near Earth Asteroids
Moshup and Squannit
8K,
20K,
40K
Ra-Shalom
20K,
40K
Castalia
8K,
20K,
40K
Bacchus
8K,
20K
Bennu
3K,
8K
Ryugu
8K,
20K
Geographos
40K,
80K
Phaethon
40K,
80K
Itokawa
3K,
8K
Eros
200K,
500K
Nereus
3K,
8K
Mithra
20K,
40K
Golevka
8K
Toutatis
40K,
80K
Main Asteroid Belt
Gaspra
200K
Annefrank
40K,
80K
Braille
20K,
40K
Vesta
4M,
10M
Šteins
40K,
80K,
200K
Iris
2M,
4M
Hebe
1M,
2M,
4M
Lutetia
1M,
2M
Julia
1M,
2M,
4M
Mathilde
500K,
1M
Juno
2M,
4M
Ceres
4M,
10M
Pallas
4M,
10M
Kleopatra
2M,
4M
Ida
500K,
1M
Psyche
2M,
4M
Interamnia
2M,
4M
Hygiea
2M,
4M,
10M
Antiope
1M,
2M
Jovian System
Jupiter
1G
Amalthea
2M,
4M
Thebe
1M,
2M
Io
20M,
60M
Europa
20M,
60M
Ganymede
60M,
120M
Callisto
60M,
120M
Saturn System
Saturn
500M,
1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas
80K,
200K,
500K,
1M
Prometheus and Pandora
1M,
2M
Janus and Epimetheus
2M,
4M
Mimas
2M,
4M,
10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene
40K,
80K
Enceladus
4M,
10M
Tethys
10M
Telesto and Calypso
200K,
500K
Dione
10M
Helene
500K,
1M
Rhea
10M,
20M
Titan
60M,
120M
Hyperion
2M,
4M
Iapetus
10M,
20M
Phoebe
2M,
4M
Uranian System
Uranus
250M,
500M,
1G
Puck
1M,
2M,
4M
Miranda
4M,
10M
Ariel
10M
Umbriel
10M
Titania
10M,
20M
Oberon
10M,
20M
Neptunian System
Neptune
250M,
500M,
1G
Larissa
2M,
4M
Proteus
2M,
4M,
10M
Triton
20M
Comets
Tempel 1
40K,
80K,
200K
Wild 2
40K,
80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko
40K,
80K
Hartley 2
20K,
40K,
80K
Borrelly
40K,
80K,
200K
Halley
80K,
200K
Centaurs and TNOs
Hidalgo
500K, 1M
Chariklo
2M,
4M
Pluto and Charon
10M,
20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra
500K,
1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka
10M,
20M
Arrokoth
200K,
500K,
1M
Largest TNOs and their moons
10M,
20M
Extrasolar
Exoplanets
120M,
250M,
500M
Nearest white dwarfs
120M,
250M
HD 189733 b
1G
Pulsars
200K,
500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk
10M,
20M
Sky maps
Heliosphere
7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations
-
CMBR
2*1028
Ancient
Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)
60M,
120M,
250M
Luna (4 Gya)
20M,
60M
Speculative
Planet Nine
250M,
500M
Cube planet
60M,
120M,
250M
Science Fiction
Ghroth
4M,
10M
Arda
60M,
120M
B612
10, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin
500M,
1G
Arrakis
60M,
120M
Borg cube
20K,
40K
Pern
60M,
120M
Europa Monolith
200K,
500K
Leonora Christine
500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama
80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star
1M, 2M
Starkiller Base
4M,
10M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser
20M,
60M,
120M
Independence Day mothership
2M,
4M,
10M
Arrival heptapod spaceship
1K,
3K,
8K
Gaijin flowership
3K
Halo Array
4M,
10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld
120M, 250M, 500M
Misc
Mars (1962 reconstruction)
60M,
120M
Flat Earth
250M
Expanding Earth
60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel
80, 160
I could not find any artwork of the book, a fan art nor even a drawing of them, so this is comes out entirely from my imagination. I followed these description from the book:
It looks like a flower, also vaguely resembles a squid.
It has a “bulky main section, a smoothly curved cylinder with a mess of silvery ropes trailing behind”.
The “petals” can be folded.
It is about a kilometer long.
It passes through the Saddle Point portals, that are 30 to 50 meters diameter. That’s quiet puzzling since it must be 25 times larger than wider to pass through the portals, I guess it could do this folding its "petals", narrowing itself into a stick shape.
In the book these ships belong to the Gaijin, a robotic alien race that were dicovered lurking in the Main Asteroid Belt in the year 2020 (the book is from the 2000's so we are in the future then). They are meant to serve as interplanetary transport using Bussard ramjet technology, a theoretical free propeller engine that works as a giant magnetic funnel, that compresses and fuses interplanetary hydrogen. Another hard sci-fi novel that turns around this propulsion system is Tau Zero.
I spend part of my time making these models, letting them available and free for everyone. If you want to support my work, you can contribute with me here:
Other astronomical objects
Object
Scale [1:x]
K = 103 (thousand)M = 106 (million)G = 109 (billion)
Image
Inner planets and moons
Mercury
60M,
120M
Venus
60M,
120M,
250M
Earth
60M,
120M,
250M
Luna
20M,
60M
Mars
60M,
120M
Phobos and Deimos
200K,
500K
Artificial
Salyut 7
40, 48, 80, 160
Near Earth Asteroids
Moshup and Squannit
8K,
20K,
40K
Ra-Shalom
20K,
40K
Castalia
8K,
20K,
40K
Bacchus
8K,
20K
Bennu
3K,
8K
Ryugu
8K,
20K
Geographos
40K,
80K
Phaethon
40K,
80K
Itokawa
3K,
8K
Eros
200K,
500K
Nereus
3K,
8K
Mithra
20K,
40K
Golevka
8K
Toutatis
40K,
80K
Main Asteroid Belt
Gaspra
200K
Annefrank
40K,
80K
Braille
20K,
40K
Vesta
4M,
10M
Šteins
40K,
80K,
200K
Iris
2M,
4M
Hebe
1M,
2M,
4M
Lutetia
1M,
2M
Julia
1M,
2M,
4M
Mathilde
500K,
1M
Juno
2M,
4M
Ceres
4M,
10M
Pallas
4M,
10M
Kleopatra
2M,
4M
Ida
500K,
1M
Psyche
2M,
4M
Interamnia
2M,
4M
Hygiea
2M,
4M,
10M
Antiope
1M,
2M
Jovian System
Jupiter
1G
Amalthea
2M,
4M
Thebe
1M,
2M
Io
20M,
60M
Europa
20M,
60M
Ganymede
60M,
120M
Callisto
60M,
120M
Saturn System
Saturn
500M,
1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas
80K,
200K,
500K,
1M
Prometheus and Pandora
1M,
2M
Janus and Epimetheus
2M,
4M
Mimas
2M,
4M,
10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene
40K,
80K
Enceladus
4M,
10M
Tethys
10M
Telesto and Calypso
200K,
500K
Dione
10M
Helene
500K,
1M
Rhea
10M,
20M
Titan
60M,
120M
Hyperion
2M,
4M
Iapetus
10M,
20M
Phoebe
2M,
4M
Uranian System
Uranus
250M,
500M,
1G
Puck
1M,
2M,
4M
Miranda
4M,
10M
Ariel
10M
Umbriel
10M
Titania
10M,
20M
Oberon
10M,
20M
Neptunian System
Neptune
250M,
500M,
1G
Larissa
2M,
4M
Proteus
2M,
4M,
10M
Triton
20M
Comets
Tempel 1
40K,
80K,
200K
Wild 2
40K,
80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko
40K,
80K
Hartley 2
20K,
40K,
80K
Borrelly
40K,
80K,
200K
Halley
80K,
200K
Centaurs and TNOs
Hidalgo
500K, 1M
Chariklo
2M,
4M
Pluto and Charon
10M,
20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra
500K,
1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka
10M,
20M
Arrokoth
200K,
500K,
1M
Largest TNOs and their moons
10M,
20M
Extrasolar
Exoplanets
120M,
250M,
500M
Nearest white dwarfs
120M,
250M
HD 189733 b
1G
Pulsars
200K,
500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk
10M,
20M
Sky maps
Heliosphere
7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations
-
CMBR
2*1028
Ancient
Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)
60M,
120M,
250M
Luna (4 Gya)
20M,
60M
Speculative
Planet Nine
250M,
500M
Cube planet
60M,
120M,
250M
Science Fiction
Ghroth
4M,
10M
Arda
60M,
120M
B612
10, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin
500M,
1G
Arrakis
60M,
120M
Borg cube
20K,
40K
Pern
60M,
120M
Europa Monolith
200K,
500K
Leonora Christine
500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama
80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star
1M, 2M
Starkiller Base
4M,
10M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser
20M,
60M,
120M
Independence Day mothership
2M,
4M,
10M
Arrival heptapod spaceship
1K,
3K,
8K
Gaijin flowership
3K
Halo Array
4M,
10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld
120M, 250M, 500M
Misc
Mars (1962 reconstruction)
60M,
120M
Flat Earth
250M
Expanding Earth
60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel
80, 160